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GEORGE P. PRESCOTT, OF WEST TROY, NEIV YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ANNA M. PRESCOTT, OF SAME PLACE, AND ALBERT IV.HAM, ARTHUR M. \VIGIIT, AND. JOB P. LYON, OF

TROY, NEW YORK.

TYPE-SETTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 433,030, dated July 29,1890.

Application filed September 15, 1887- Serial No. 249,739. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE P. PRESCOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing in \Vest Troy, in the county of Albany and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-SettingMachines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a typesetting machine in which are employed thedevices and elements, and combination of devices and elements,hereinafterdescribed, and set forth in the several claims.

The object of my invention is to provide in a type-scttiugmachinecertain devices and elements, by means of which assorted type containedin removable galleys will be successively conveyed from said galleys insuitable order and be delivered into type-receiving channels of a galleyin the form of live matter. I attain this object by the meansillustrated in the accoi'npanying drawings, forminga part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 isa front elevation of the machinewith parts broken away to show internal mechanism. Fig. 2 is a plan viewwith parts broken away. Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing thesetting-up mechanism. Fig. t is an elevation of the opposite end. Fig. 5is acrosssection at line 8 in Fig. l with the keys, levers, and ejcctorsremoved. Fig. 6 is a crosssection at line 3, Fig. 1, showing the levermechanism and ejectors. Fig. 7 is a plan View at line 1 in Fig. Fig. 8is a longitudinal view at line 2 in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a view of asection of the channel-frame and channels from the rear sides. Fig. 10is a crosssection through line at in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a section atline 5, Fig. 9. Fig. 12 is a vertical view of the type-ejectors, sectionof typecarrier and reservoir bar, and su p portin g-bed, on a largescale.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings, A A represent the framework of the machine, whichframe-work can be made of metal or wood, or both combined, and with anysuitable form f construction which will be calculated to contain andsupport the operating parts and devices of this machine. This frame-work is preferably supported by legs A A, (shown broken,) yet it canbe supported on a suitable table or bench, if preferred.

B is the channels-holding frame, which frame can be made of metal orwood, or both combined, and with any form of construction which willadapt it to hold the several removable channels which are employed tohold the type characters to be operated with. This channel-frame in itsessential parts is composed of end posts Z) 1), middle post Z), top railb transparent wall b and the flangeplates 1)", secured to said posts andtop rail for holding the transparent wall 11 in place.

C C are removable channels, made each a duplicate of the others, andemployed in number corresponding with the number of type characters themachine is intended to set. The openings c of these channels areuniformly the same and correspond in width with the width of the typeand in depth with the length of the same, and their side walls 0 c andback wallc" are made of metalor other suitable material. The front wallor transparent wall Z) of the channels-holding frame is glass and formsthe front wall of these channels when they are in place, and thesechannels C C can be readily introduced into the channels-holding framefrom its open rear side and be readily removed'at will from the same.The foot ends of the several channels are held from being movedhorizontally forward by the transparent wall b and from being movedrearwardly by any suitable bar or piece secured to the main frame A A.The upper ends of these channels are locked in position by means of thelocking-bars Z), one or more, hinged to the top rail 1), and secured byany suitable catching or holding devices.

D is the type-throat bar, made of metal and containing such a number oftype-throats (Z as will correspond with the number of channels C Cemployed with the machine. These throats (Z (Z consist each of avertical opening or perforation of rectangular form, and having a bar Dand ejectors.

length and width which will correspond with the length and width of thetype and also with the width and depth of the grooves c of the channelsC, so that when thelatter are in place over these throats d the typewill nicely move downwardly from the respective openings 0 of saidchannels into the corresponding throat (1 below and vertically throughsaid throats without liability of turning. I prefer to make the barD,containing the throats d d, in sections, yet it can be made of asingle piece of metal, if preferred. This throat-bar is seen red to theframe A A of the machine in any suitable manner. Made in the front edgeportion of this bar D is the rabbet d, which receives the lower marginedge of glass or wall b and the rabbet d for receiving the flangeplatesb and made in the upper side of this bar D and bordering the respectiveopenings or type-throats d are ways or grooves 61 for receiving the footends of the channels and holding them in position, so that their grooveswill be vertically over the respective throats they are to lead the typeinto. An opening d is made from the rear side edge of bar D to the rearend of each of the type-throats d, and a-similar opening 61 is made fromthe front ends of each of said type-throats to the front edge of saidbar D. These openings 61 and d are made in said bar from its lower side,and are made with a uniform width, which will correspond with the widthof the ejectors working in said openings, and they have each a verticalextension from the line of the lower side surface of said bar upwardly,which will correspond with the thickness of the type the respectivethroats d d are to contain and the thickness of the ejectors or pnsherswhich move in said openings d (1 E is the supporting-bed of -thetype-throat This bar is rigidly secured to the frame of the machineandhas its upper surface uniformly even and smooth and extendedrearwardly from the line of the front edge of the bar D to a shortdistance back from the rear edge of said bar, as shown in Figs. 5, 6,10, and 12.

F F are wheels or pulleys, which have their bearings in brackets f f,which are preferably secured to the outer ends of the type-carrier bedG. This bed is preferably made of metal and has its upper or bed surfaceuniformly even and smooth, and with a width about equal to the length ofthe type. This bed G and its connected wheels F F are preferably made tobe adjustable in a vertical direction, "and are secured in place in themachine by means of bar I and set-bolts 2', working throughoblongperforationsz" 2",madethrough said. bar from its front side, asindicated by dotted lines in Figs. 5 and 6, and screwing intoscrew-threaded holes made in said bed G.

H is the endless typecarrier, made of rubber or paper or of any othersuitable material of uniform thickness and in the form of an endlessbelt or .band. This type-carrier is carried by the wheels F F in frontof thebed E, and with the upper surface of its upper Web about onaline-with the horizontal plane of the top surface of the said bed, asshown in Figs. 1, 5, 6, and 8. This endless type-carrier is moved indirection preferably toward the right hand as the operator faces thefront of the machine, with a speed sufficient to carry the type thereonsuccessively to theirdelivery at the end of said carrier without beingclogged. When the set-screws i 1', workin g through bar I, are loosened,this type-carrier l-L'together with its supporting-wheels F F and bed G,can be raised or lowered simultaneously, so as to adjust the same withthe upper'side surface of the upper web at about on a plane with theupper surface of bed E or slightly below the same, as will berequired,whensaid set-screws will be tightened. To allow the bed G andits endless type-carrier II to be freely raised and lowered foradjustment in relation to bed E, there are provided in the side piecesof frame A slots A A into which the ends of bed G can freely movevertically and from which the brackets ff will project, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4..

J, Figs. 2, 5, and 6, is the ejector guard-bar, which bar is arrangedrelatively above the plane of the upper surface of the endlesstype-carrier H and opposite to the type-throatsupporting bar E. This barJ is of metal and has in its lower side the slots or openings j, whichare in number and size corresponding with the number and sizes of theopenings (1 d in bar D, through which the ejectors workthat is to say,these o'peningsj in bar J are opposite the openings (1 d in bar D, andare of the same width and depth as the respective openings (1 (1 theyface, so that the ejectors K K when moved forward will freely movethrough said openings (1 (Z and into said slots or openings j in bar J,Figs. 5 and 6. These openings 3' are closed on their front ends by theclosing-bar J, which is secured to bar J by screws or other suitablemeans, while barJ is secured in anysuitable manner to the end pieces ofthe frame of the machine.

K K, Figs. 2, 6, 7, and 12, are the typeejectors, which are each aduplicate of the other, except in thickness, and are each madesubstantially as shown in Fig. 12. These ejectors are employed in numbercorresponding with the number oftype-throats (Z in bar D, and are eachmade with a width corresponding substantially with the width of theopenings (1 d in bar D and openings in bar J, and are made with athickness corresponding with the vertical extension of said openings (101 in which the respective ejectors are moved when operated.

L is a type-guard made with each ejector.

Tlhis'type-guard is connected with the pushing end of the ejector bymeans of the bar Z, l

as shown in Fig. 12. This guard in its essential parts consists of theward 6, having a width corresponding with the width of the type to beoperated with and finger e, projected from the front side of thehead-piece Z of this guard and toward pushing end it of the ejector.This finger e is at an angle to the bottom of ward e, and is made to beslightly inclining from the bcgttom of said ward to the end of saidfinger, as in said Fig. 12. This finger e is preferably slightly longerfrom the bottom of ward e in those guards which are to operate with typehaving shoulders, while the shorter fingers are in those guards whichoperate with type which have no shoulders. The incline of finger e ispreferably slightly curved and turned outwardly from ward e toward thefront side edge. The pushing end of the ejector is shown to be slightlyinclined or relatively at an angle with the edge of guard-bar Z,which isslightly greater than a right angle, as shown in Fig. 12. The bottom ofward e of this type-guard is set off from this slightly-inclined line ofthe pushing end 70 of the ejector to a distance preferably about onesixteenth of an inch greater than the length of the type over all fromface to foot of the type. These ejeetors K K have their forward orpushing portions or ends supported on the smooth upper surface of thebed E and working in the openings (1 d in the lower side of throat-barD, as shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 8.

M M are levers for operating the ejectors K K, which levers are employedin number eorrespondii'ig with that of the ejectors in the machine, andcan be of any suitable form. These levers are pivoted, as at 772, to theframe of the machine or a piece suitably connected therewith, and therear ends of the ejectors are each pivoted to the upper end of itscoacting lever K in any suitable manner, but preferably by means of aslot in the rear end of the ejector, and pin on, passing transverselythrough the limbs of this slotted end, with the upper end of the leverpassing through said slot 70, as shown in Figs. 2, 6, 7 and 12.

Levers M are connected with the finger-key levers N by means ofconnecting bars orrods O, which rods are each pivoted to its lever M, asat m and with the levers N, as at n, and these levers N are pivoted. toany suitable part or piece of the machine, as at n.

The levers M and N can be pivoted to any suitable bar or piece, as barsP, Figs. 5, 6, and 8, by means of bearings 19 23), secured to such bars,and the pivot-shafts m and n, as illustrated in Fig. (3. These bars Pcan be made to extend from one end piece A of the frame to the other,and they can, if preferred, be supported at their ends by brackets P,secured or connected with the end pieces A of the frame, as illustratedin said Figs. 6 and S.

Q is the guide-bar of levers M, which bar is of thin metal secured tosome fixed piece of the machine and preferably to the bar P. This bar Qhas in it a series of slots (1 q, in each of which works the upperportion of a lever M, as shown in Fig. 2, and they operate to guide themovement of the said upper ends of said levers, and through the latterthe rear ends of the ejeetors these levers operate.

M M are reacting springs, having one end of each secured to a lever M,and theopposite end preferably to the guide-bar Q; yet these reactingsprings can be connected with some other fixed piece of the machine whenpreferred. These springs operate through levers M to draw the ejector-sback immediately after they have been relieved of the pull on them ofthe finger-key levers N. They also operate to move the levers andfingerkeys to their normal positions when the lat ter have been relievedof pressure.

R R are the finger-keys, mounted on stems 1", which are suitably guidedin their vertical movements by vertical guideholes made in the key-boardR, which board is preferably made in sections. The lower ends of thesestems r are slotted and straddle the forward ends of the front limbs ofthe levers N, to which each key-stem is pivoted, as shown in Fig. 6.

Located, preferably, at the right-hand end of the machine is thetypesetting-up mechanism, which operates with each typein suecession asit is delivered to this mechanism by the endless type-carrier II.

The essential parts or elements in this typesetting-up mechanism areshown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 7, and 8.

S is a type-conveyor formed by the gradually-contracted walls .9 s andthe curved elastic wall 8. The walls .9 3 lead from the sides of bars Dand J outwardly past the turn of the type-carrier ll over wheel F. Thesewalls operate as guide-walls to the type from the type-carrier and havetheir lines of lower edges corresponding in form with the line of theupper or outer surface of the said typecarrier running beneath the same,so that the portions of the edges of these type-walls over the straightor horizontal portion of said typecarrier will be straight, while theother portions thereof will be with a curved form corresponding with thecurvature of the type carrier over wheel F. These walls 8 s aregradually contracted from an extension of channel equal to the width ofthe type-carrier H to one equal to a little more than the width of thetype to be operated with. The curved elastic wall .9 of thistypc-eonveyer S consists of alight strip of steel or other elastic orflexible metal having a width slightly less than the width of thecontracted portion of the channel of this conveyer, so as to freely movebetween said side walls 8 s. The upper end of this elastic wall 5' isfixed to any suitable piece, as bar .9 Fig. 8, while its body is curvedforwardly and downwardly and is extended in length, so that its oppositeand free end will be carried to near a point on a line with the lowerside web of the top carrier.

T is the type-takc-otf piece, which piece is arranged in the lowerportion of the channel of the type-conveyor S and at the front of thecurve or turn of the type carrier on wheel F, and sets close or near tothe surface of the the curved elastic wall 3, made with the in- 5 clinet, which incline is preferably of a curved form, beginning at a pointabout at sixty degrees, more orless, on the curve below the top of thecarrier and running downwardly and forwardly on a curved line to a pointat or Io near a line with the lower side of the lower web of thetype-carrier, as shown in Fig. 8. This type take-off is of a widthcorresponding with the distance between the walls 3 s at the point ofthe turn of the type-carrier H. This I 5 curved incline t of this typetake-off T grad u ally approaches the curved elastic wall 8 as it runsdownwardly, as shown in the same figure.

S is the elastic check-piece which operates 20 to give an elastic limitto the outward move- I ment of the free end of the elastic walls. Thispiece S consists of a straight piece of thin spring-steel secured toa'fixed piece forward of wall .9, which this check-piece oper- 2 5 ateswith and extends down to a point about on a line with the point oftermination of elastic wall 8', as shown in Fig. 8.

U is a reciprocating pusher, which is situated below the type-take-offpiece T and the 50 turn of the type-carrier on wheel F. This pusher isof a length sufficient to extend its forward end to a point on avertical line with the convex side of the piece T, and it has a verticalextension of width, which is about 5 equal to the length of a type, andhas a horizontal extension or thickness about equal to the width of thetype. The front or face 'end of this pusher is convex, and its body issuitably guided in grooves respectively 40 above and below, and ispreferably operated by eccentric 'u on shaft to, and revolved within theoblong perforation if, made through the body of this pusher, as shown inFig. 8.

V is the elastic face of pusher U, and is 4 5 preferably of thin steelof a width about equal to the thickness of pusher U, and with a length alittle greater than thewidth of the same. The upper end of this elasticpusherface is secured to the upper side or corner of 50 the front end ofthe pusher, while its lower end is free and works in slot 0 at the endof the lower guiding-piece u of the pusher, as shown in Fig. 8. \Vhenthe pusher Uis in its normal position or thrown back, as shown in 5 5Fig. 8, this elastic face-piece of the pusher will be inclined and also.convex on its for.- ward side, as shown in the same figure.

The wheel F, at the setting-up mechanism, is mounted on shaft F, onwhich shaft is (o fixed drive-pulley F which is revolved by any suitablepower. Mounted on shaft F is the gear f, which communicates motion togear f on shaft u of eccentric u, operating pusher U.

W is the type-receiving galley, which galley is made with any suitablelength and width preferred, and is divided into channels piece.

piece X, operates with the teeth 00 m of the "10 w of width equal tothewidth of the: type they are to receive by the division-strips w. sameand has its outer or front side facing X is the galley-carriage, of anysuitable form of construction to adapt it to be freely moved in eitherdirection'on its wheels 00 0c,

' rolling on the tracks or ways 00 m, which are supportedby any suitablepiece, as X ,secured to the end of the machine. Secured to the outerside edge of this carriage is the toothed rack Xihaving its teeth 00 00made with uniform length and corresponding in their extension with thewidth of channels w of the 'galley so nearly that when the carriage isvmoved to the distance of one toot-h the galley will be moved to thedistance of the width of one channel and thickness of a division- A pawl:0 pivoted to the bracket or rack X to hold the carriage X and itsgalley W to each point it is moved to in its forward progress.

A spring 00 operates to hold this pawl with an elastic pressure inengagement with the teeth of the rack. When the galley .W is in place oncarriage X, some one of the several channels w of said galley will bedichine, as piece X, and is extended from the discharge end 3 of thechannel of the type-conveyer S in direction of the forward movement ofthe type=receiving galley W to a distance equal to the length of thesaid galley, and it is arranged parallel with the line of series of openreceiving ends of the several channels to w of said galley, as shown inFigs. 2 and 7.

Y is a weight, attached to the carriage X by means of a cord or strip y,passing over a pulley y. This weight operates to move the carriage X andthe galley WV forward Whenever the pawl 06 is thrown out of engagementwith the teeth of rack X Z is the galley-governor for holding the typeupright in the channels to of the'galley W and for limiting the lengthof the line of set-up type and for operating with the pawl 00 to throwit out of engagement with the rack X at each finish of a line, so thatthe weight Y will move the same to the distance of another line or widthof a channel to of the galley W. This device consists of a piece ofmetal Z, Figs. 7 and 8, of a thickness about equal to the width of thechannel 20 of the galley, and has a Vertical extension a little greaterthan the length of the division-pieces w and an extension of basesufficient to prevent it from tipping in either direction, and itstype-supporting face is at right angles with the line of its base-edge.

Z is the check-rod, which rod is extended over and across the forwardend portions of the several division-pieces w' of the galley WV, asshown in Fig. 7. When by the force of the pusher U the type in a channel10 of the galley is so moved as to crowd the footend of this piece Zagainst the free end of pawl .95 so as to move it back from engagementwith the tooth of therack it is held with, the weight Y will operate todraw the carriage and the galley forward until the foot end of thisgovernor has passed from opposite the free end of said pawl and relievedthe same of its pressure, when the spring 00 will force the pawl intoengagement with the next tooth of the rack to hold the galley in placewith the next succeeding channel directly opposite the discharge end 3of the type-conveyer S of the type-setting-up mechanism.

The manner of operation of the parts of my improved machine is asfollows: The typesupply channels willbe filled each with a particulartype character, and will be introduced into the channels-holding frame Bfrom its rear side, with the upper ends in the slots of the bar B andtheir foot ends in the grooves (Z in the upper side of the bar D, whenthe locking-bar will be turned down and secured. The type-throats (1 clin bar D will each receive type from the channel 0, standing over it.\Vhen the operator presses down on the finger-keys R R, the levermechanism (composed of the levers M N, rod 0, and keystems r)corresponding with the respective keys will be operated and actuatethrough the same the corresponding ejectors K K, which ejectors, workingthrough the openings (Z (Z in the throat-bar D and through the throat(Z, will carry, before the pushing ends 7c, the type which lie on thetop surface of bed E and between the said pushing ends and thetype-guard L, when the type will be moved out from the bottoms of thethroats (I 011 the endless type-carrier II, which is moved continuouslyby the revolving wheels F F by means of any suitable power appliedthrough the drive pulley F and gears f and f Vhile the ejector is beingmoved forward the type will be held by its face end by the finger e ofthe guard L, while the foot end of the type will be held by the sidewall of the throat d the type is being moved from. When the ejector hasbeen fully moved out from the front opening (Z in bar I), the type willbe fully on the type-carrier, which, moving forward, will hold with thetype and carry its foot end forward from position shown in full lines inFig. 12 to that of dotted lines in the same figure, while the face endwill be retained for a short time in the ward c of the guard L, and asthe type is being turned, foot end forward, on the belt by the jointaction of the guard L and the moving carrier, the free end of the typewill be gradually released from the ward ein said guard, when the typewill be carried forward, foot end first, to within the contractedchannel of the type-conveyer S of the typesetting-up mechanism. \Vhenthe type arrives at the bend of the type-carrier 11, its ends will becarried against the curved elastic wall 3, and it will be carried downbetween said elastic wall and the incline of the take-off piece T intothe discharge end .9 of the type-conveyer S. Vhile the type is passingdownwardly to the discharge 8, the elastic check S will operate,especially with thick type, to hold the free end of the elastic wall 8from being forced outwardly. This elastic wall .5" will operate in allcases to hold the type from jumping or from turning upside down or fromone side to the other. The type will be carried down from the dischargeend :5 of the conveyer into the opening between the type-receivinggalley and the elastic face V of the pusher U. This pusher is operatedcontinuously with a reciprocating movement, and as fast as the typepasses in front of the same this pusher will force the type forward intothe channel opposite the pusher against the piece Z, and gradually forcethe same forward through the channel toward the end thereof and untilthe foot end of said piece has been made to move the pawl a out ofengagement with the toothed rack X when the further movement of saidpiece Z will be checked by the piece Z, and the weight Y willoperate tomove the carriage X, with the galley \V thereon, to the distance of onechannel 10, when the foot end of the piece Z will be moved out ofcontactwith the pawl x and the spring 00 will force the said pawl intoengagement with the next tooth of the rack X J These operations beingcontinued, the several channels 10 w in the galley \V will be filledsuccessively, and as soon as filled they will be automatically movedforward, channel after channel, before the pusher U. As fast as eachchannel is filled and moved forward, the guard-piece Y will close theopen ends of said channels and prevent the type from falling down andtherefrom, while the type at the opposite ends of these channels will beheld from falling over by the piece Z, which will be used in eachchannel w. \Vhen the several channels in w in the galley \V have beenfilled, it will be removed from the carriage X and be replaced by asimilar galley.

By my above-described improvements the type can be readily removed fromthe respectivc type-reservoirs and placed on the carrier without theirjumping or turning over and will be turned foot first 011 the saidcarrier and be set up properly in the several channicate with thethroats in said bar, and the lock-bar b substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. In a type-setting machine, the combination, with the channels-holdingframe B, of posts b b, top rail b transparent wall 6 flange-plates b andthe channel-locking bar b substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

3. In a type-setting machine, the combination,with the channels-holdingframe and a series of removable type-receiving chann els', of thety'pethroat bar D, having a series of type-throats d, the grooves (1holding with the lower ends of the channels, and the openings d and d inits lower side and communicating, respectively,with the throats in thetype-throat bar and calculated to allow the passage of the type-ejectorand type, respectively, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a type-setting machine, the combination, with the stationary bedwhich supports the type-throat bar, provided with throats cl andopenings d and d and type-ejectors moving through said openings, of anendless type-carrier which is adjustable in the vertical direction inrelation to the surface of the bed which supports the type-throat barand ejectors, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a type-settin g machine, the type-ejector, which has connectedwith its pushing end k and ata distance therefrom slightly greater thanthe length of a type the type-guard L, having a Ward 6 to receive theface end of the type, and a free opening for the free passage of thefoot end of the type from the said pushing end k, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

6. In a type-setting machine, the combination, with the type-throathaving a horizontal passage-way or opening d in its rear side wall forpassage of the type-ejector and horizontal opening (Z for passage of thetype from said throat, a type-carrier having its typereceiving surfaceabout on a plane with the plane of the bottom of the said throat, of atype-ejector having connected with its pushing end the guard L, providedwith ward e, and a free opening for the passage of the foot end of thetype from the pushing end of the ejector and in direction of themovement of the type-carrier prior to the time of passage of the faceend of the type from the said ward, substantially as and for thepurposes setforth.

7. In a type-setting machine, the type-ejector K, having connected withit the typeguard L, which is provided with the ward e, and an openingbetween the end of finger e of said guard and the pushing end of the"ejector, for operation, substantially as set forth.

8. In a typesetting machine, the combination, with a reciprocatingtype-ejector provided with the type-face guard which receives and holdswith the face end of the type, and a moving type-carrier running beneaththe ejected type, of the guard-bar J, havingopenings which will receivethe type-face guard of the ejector after its passage over the surface ofthe type-carrier, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a type setting machine, the combination,with the levers pivotedwith the respective type-ejectors, of the guard-bar Q, having in it theseries of slots (1 q, for guiding the upper ends of said levers whenmoved, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

GEORGE P. PRESCOTT. Witnesses:

ALEX. SELKIRK, CHARLES SELKIRK.

